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BETHPAGE OLD BETHPAGE
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE
8T R8 4 C 0 P I £ S
f'£THpAGE MS
4? POWELL AV
BETHPAGE NY I f -/ ( 4
SEAFORD
VOL. 16. NO. 42 The Week of January 28, 1982 - February 4, 1982 20 cents per copy
IT'S FREEZING!
i Did You
Clear Your
Sidewalk
Today?
Rose Hartmann gets an assist from her neighbor treacherous ice in her n^ghb°rhood
Janet DiTolla after she took a spill on Photo by Rick Kopstein
Article 2 Section 21-17 of the Oyster Bay Town
Code says: "Each owner or occupant of any
house or other building and any owner or person
entitled to possession of any vacant lot and any
person having charge of a church or any public
building in the town shall during the winter
season or during the time of snow conditions on
the ground, keep the sidewalk in front of lot or
house free from obstruction by snow or ice and
icy conditions.
We have been the unlucky victims of snow and freezing
rain this past week and are still living with the consequences
- that is, icy hazardous sidewalks. Most of the walks in our
town are like polished glass and pedestrians are almost
always forced to walk in the roadways. To stay on the side­walk
is to risk broken bones, just ask the Bethpage mailman
who delivers in the north end of town and who is now suff­ering
broken ribs from a bad fall on the ice.
Early morning finds commuters walking along Stewart
Avenue and Broadway in the street in order to get to the Rail­road
Station. What is even more disturbing is the fact that
our children are walking in the street during early morning
traffic on their way to school. The sidewalk should be usable,
for the sake of safety - and that is your job.
The town is not responsible for the sidewalk in front of your
property - YOU ARE! It's hard to get rid of ice. During the
day it melts, at night it freezes; only to greet us in the morn­ing
with a new shiny face. Here are tips you might employ in
order to clear your sidewalk. And while you are at it, don't
forget your elderly or ill neighbor who may not be able to get.
out to take care of their own.
• Crack thick ice with edge of a shovel (or use a pick), then
spread salt in and around the cracks.
• If rock salt is not available, you can use sand, kitty litter
or sawdust. This won't melt the ice, but it will give traction.
• Try clearing your walk a few times during a snow fall
rather than waiting until its over and the task is too big.

BETHPAGE OLD BETHPAGE
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE
8T R8 4 C 0 P I £ S
f'£THpAGE MS
4? POWELL AV
BETHPAGE NY I f -/ ( 4
SEAFORD
VOL. 16. NO. 42 The Week of January 28, 1982 - February 4, 1982 20 cents per copy
IT'S FREEZING!
i Did You
Clear Your
Sidewalk
Today?
Rose Hartmann gets an assist from her neighbor treacherous ice in her n^ghb°rhood
Janet DiTolla after she took a spill on Photo by Rick Kopstein
Article 2 Section 21-17 of the Oyster Bay Town
Code says: "Each owner or occupant of any
house or other building and any owner or person
entitled to possession of any vacant lot and any
person having charge of a church or any public
building in the town shall during the winter
season or during the time of snow conditions on
the ground, keep the sidewalk in front of lot or
house free from obstruction by snow or ice and
icy conditions.
We have been the unlucky victims of snow and freezing
rain this past week and are still living with the consequences
- that is, icy hazardous sidewalks. Most of the walks in our
town are like polished glass and pedestrians are almost
always forced to walk in the roadways. To stay on the side­walk
is to risk broken bones, just ask the Bethpage mailman
who delivers in the north end of town and who is now suff­ering
broken ribs from a bad fall on the ice.
Early morning finds commuters walking along Stewart
Avenue and Broadway in the street in order to get to the Rail­road
Station. What is even more disturbing is the fact that
our children are walking in the street during early morning
traffic on their way to school. The sidewalk should be usable,
for the sake of safety - and that is your job.
The town is not responsible for the sidewalk in front of your
property - YOU ARE! It's hard to get rid of ice. During the
day it melts, at night it freezes; only to greet us in the morn­ing
with a new shiny face. Here are tips you might employ in
order to clear your sidewalk. And while you are at it, don't
forget your elderly or ill neighbor who may not be able to get.
out to take care of their own.
• Crack thick ice with edge of a shovel (or use a pick), then
spread salt in and around the cracks.
• If rock salt is not available, you can use sand, kitty litter
or sawdust. This won't melt the ice, but it will give traction.
• Try clearing your walk a few times during a snow fall
rather than waiting until its over and the task is too big.